ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2017
Bioaerosol Sampling in Clinical Settings: A Promising, Noninvasive Approach for Detecting Respiratory Viruses.
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- Environmental contamination in the isolation rooms of COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation or high-flow oxygen therapy.The Journal of hospital infection · 2020Article
- Bioaerosol Sampling at a Live Animal Market in Kunshan, China: A Noninvasive Approach for Detecting Emergent Viruses.Open forum infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Performance evaluation of a new custom, multi-component DNA isolation method optimized for use in shotgun metagenomic sequencing-based aerosol microbiome research.Environmental microbiome · 2020Article
- First sequence of influenza D virus identified in poultry farm bioaerosols in Sarawak, Malaysia.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2020Article
- Monitoring for airborne respiratory viruses in a general pediatric ward in Singapore.Journal of public health research · 2019Article
- Evaluation of bioaerosol samplers for the detection and quantification of influenza virus from artificial aerosols and influenza virus-infected ferrets.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2019Article
- Role of viral bioaerosols in nosocomial infections and measures for prevention and control.Journal of aerosol science · 2018Review
- Epidemiological study of people living in rural North Carolina for novel respiratory viruses.Zoonoses and public health · 2018Article
- Near-Patient Sampling to Assist Infection Control-A Case Report and Discussion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Comparing the performance of 3 bioaerosol samplers for influenza virus.Journal of aerosol science · 2018Article
- Molecular surveillance of respiratory viruses with bioaerosol sampling in an airport.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2018Article
- The continual threat of influenza virus infections at the human-animal interface: What is new from a one health perspective?Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2018Review
- Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundSeeking a noninvasive method to conduct surveillance for respiratory pathogens, we sought to examine the usefulness of 2 types of off-the-shelf aerosol samplers to detect respiratory viruses in Singapore.
methodsIn this pilot study, we ran the aerosol samplers several times each week with patients present in the patient waiting areas at 3 primary health clinics during the months of April and May 2016. We used a SKC BioSampler with a BioLite Air Sampling Pump (run for 60 min at 8 L/min) and SKC AirChek TOUCH personal air samplers with polytetrafluoroethylene Teflon filter cassettes (run for 180 min at 5 L/min). The aerosol specimens and controls were studied with molecular assays for influenza A virus, influenza B virus, adenoviruses, and coronaviruses.
resultsOverall, 16 (33.3%) of the 48 specimens indicated evidence of at least 1 respiratory pathogen, with 1 (2%) positive for influenza A virus, 3 (6%) positive for influenza B virus, and 12 (25%) positive for adenovirus.
conclusionsAlthough we were not able to correlate molecular detection with individual patient illness, patients with common acute respiratory illnesses were present during the samplings. Combined with molecular assays, it would suggest that aerosol sampling has potential as a noninvasive method for novel respiratory virus detection in clinical settings.
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